Section 2807 - Wheat Products(a) General Provisions.(1) When "Ground Wheat Screenings" are added to any wheat product such screenings added must be limited to ground wheat screenings not exceeding the run of the mill; and screenings from outside sources must not be added. The declaration of "ground wheat screenings" must be made in the name and in the same size type as the product name itself; i.e., "Wheat Bran with Ground Wheat Screenings," "Wheat Shorts with Ground Wheat Screenings."(b) Defatted Wheat Germ Meal is obtained after the removal of part of the oil or fat from wheat germ meal and must contain not less than 30 percent crude protein.(c) Wheat Bran is the coarse outer covering of the wheat kernel as separated from cleaned and scoured wheat in the usual process of commercial milling.(d) Wheat Flour consists principally of wheat flour together with fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must contain not more than 1.5 percent crude fiber.(e) Wheat Germ Meal consists chiefly of wheat germ together with some bran and middlings or shorts. It must contain not less than 25 percent crude protein and seven (7) percent crude fat.(f) [Specify] Wheat Gluten is the major water-insoluble proteinaceous fraction of wheat, consisting primarily of gliadin and glutenin proteins. Wheat gluten is prepared from wheat flour that is free from other seeds and foreign matter, by washing with water to remove most of the water-soluble non-protein components. Vital Wheat Gluten is dried gluten that has retained its viscoelasticity when hydrated, whereas Devitalized Wheat Gluten has reduced viscoelasticity as a result of denaturation by heat. Moisture content shall not exceed 10 percent. Wheat gluten, on a moisture-free basis, must contain not less than 80 percent crude protein (crude protein based on N x 6.25), and not more than 1.5 percent crude fiber and two (2.0) percent ash. (For identification of the viscoelastic properties on the ingredient label, "vital" or "devitalized" must be specified.) The words "vital" or "devitalized" are not required when listing as an ingredient in a manufactured feed.(g) Wheat Middlings consists of fine particles of wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour, and some of the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must contain not more than 11 percent crude fiber.(h) Wheat Mill Run consists of coarse wheat bran, fine particles of wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must contain not more than 9.5 percent crude fiber.(i) Wheat Red Dog consists of the offal from the "tail of the mill" together with some fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and wheat flour. This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must contain not more than four (4) percent crude fiber.(j) Wheat Shorts consists of fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat flour, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must contain not more than seven (7) percent crude fiber.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 2807
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. New section filed 11-12-2024 as an emergency; operative 11/12/2024 (Register 2024, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-12-2025 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.